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Commenting on the world of business I inhabit is one of my passions. The trouble with passion is that it very often manifests itself when one is angry or unhappy about things. The net result is that the writer appears to be miserable and dissatisfied with everything; I assure you this is not the case with me otherwise, why would I stick around? I hope you enjoy some of the articles.
Have you ever lived through a period of time when everything was going perfectly for you and around you? You are in love and loved; you have a set of great friends whose company you enjoy; you are in perfect…
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Communication between people takes on many forms. From body-language, to hand gestures, facial expressions, music, spoken words, written words, visual representation (pictures, drawings, film, PowerPoint, etc.), all the way to the modern-day use of emojis. We have learnt to employ…
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I am spending more time with myself than I had done in a long time. This is partly circumstantial and partly intentional. While on my own, I have been going through a lot of introspection but, not exclusively so because…
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Is there such a thing as a ‘perfect time’ to change your job? Perfect in the sense that you leave when it is ideal for your career development while causing the least harm to your employer, your professional reputation is…
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What are your plans for Friday 25 May 2018? I suggest you take the day off, order a large pizza and a nice bottle of wine, and spend the day going through your rolodex, and all other filing / storage…
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Have you ever told a lie? I am confident the answer is almost certainly ‘YES’. Have you ever knowingly told a lie? You may answer this question with a ‘NO’ and I might believe you. Are you a liar? Well,…
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‘if only I had my life to live all over again, I sure would do things differently’. Have you ever wistfully said that to yourself? If you have not, congratulations my friend! What if you were given the chance to…
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Science tells us that the superiority of Homo Sapiens (the primate species to which we all belong), over other creatures is all down to the specific biology of the ‘opposable thumb’ in our hands, which allowed us to make tools,…
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I am a ‘Baby Boomer’ who grew up in the Sixties and, like every generation before or since, we were incessantly put down by our parents’ generation for being lazy, scruffy, entitled, irresponsible ‘beetles’. What do beetles have to do…
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Recently, a long-serving member of staff gave me an unexpected present on Saint Valentine’s Day; she resigned her job, citing personal circumstances. Somewhat re-assured that it was not necessarily the fault of the organisation I represent, I still felt that…
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